Most people don’t know that literally all you have to do is tell the government about the issue and they will spend the money to look into it themselves, as well as dealing with the court cases. It’s why the department of labor exists
I break bananas in half instead of peeling them
I eat cereal with a fork. No I will not explain further
It’s all relative. The “most generous so far” can still be a really low bar.
Plagiarism is taking someone’s ideas without proper credit
Plagiarism is not merely the act of being inspired by another source. It’s passing off someone else’s work directly as your own. Derivative work is not plagarism, you don’t even have to credit for that so long as it’s transformative enough, which is where it intersects with copyright law. If I see a cool piece of art and am inspired to draw something in the same style, that’s not plagiarism by itself unless it is essentially a draw-over or directly copy-pasting their work.
- A passage or thought thus stolen.
- The act of plagiarizing: the copying of another person’s ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one’s own, especially without permission.
- Taking someone’s words or ideas as if they were your own.
American Heritage Dictionary 5th edition
- to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own
Merriam Webster
- the process or practice of using another person’s ideas or work and pretending that it is your own
Cambridge Dictionary
You’re free to not like AI art, but it’s not plagiarism to train the models. It’s not plagiarism to use the models to generate new art. I’m not plagiarizing the thousands of pieces of art I’ve personally seen if I draw something new by myself. If an artist paints something new, do they need to source every single piece of art they’ve seen in their lives? They’ve been influenced by them all and they all collectively contribute to the ideas that artist comes up with, so why not? Where’s the line?
Now, if you’re going out and claiming the art as your own then I personally believe that could absolutely be considered a form of plagiarism since technically it was the model doing all the work, but it’s certainly not plagiarizing the millions of pieces of art it was trained on. Those art pieces are not copied or directly reused in the model’s memory, it uses the general structure and form of the artwork to create new works.
Copyright infringement is also iffy since it is very likely to be considered transformative and therefore permissable under fair use.
Again, you’re free to not like how the models are trained, but calling it plagiarism is just flat wrong.
I have no issues with it. It has done nothing but improve my life so far, so
That’s not what plagiarism means. At the very worst it could be a copyright violation, but they’re not really distributing someone else’s work without permission. Licensing issue? Possibly
Some people don’t like it for some reason
Neat
Guns shouldn’t be in cars if they’re not at least locked somehow
Depends on the state if it’s required. Not required in Kansas, but required in Minnesota as an example
What’s interesting is a family friend I know gets laid off twice a year in his unionized workplace at a steel mill(?), but he always gets the same job back. The company just can’t afford to keep everyone on staff during slow months. He makes bank though, so it works out
My roommate stomps around like he’s a 600lb land whale. He’s like 140lb. I’m a bigger dude and sometimes people don’t even hear me coming. Be considerate and walk like a normal person
Can confirm… One pair of shoes all my life, then I decided to buy two more pairs so I can actually color match my outfit when going out. What has happened to me…
You can be a perfectly good dev and not enjoy working in the cli, especially when there are good enough alternatives
It likely has more to do with the deals they make to reduce fees for some apps but not others
Customers get charged for maintenance between the ISP and their house
They really don’t, customers get charged what they need to be charged to support the network, not just the last mile to your house. Companies don’t get internet connectivity for free, either, paying significantly more than consumers at every turn
That’s… why they charge customers fees
That’s just called malware